Oxford and Cambridge Musical Club

Brandenburg Concerto no 5   BWV 1050

Johann  Sebastian  Bach  (1685 – 1750)

Allegro – Affettuoso - Allegro

Richard Austen (baroque flute)    Rupert Bawden (violin)  Norman MacSween (harpsichord)

Cantata BWV 78      

Johann  Sebastian  Bach  (1685 – 1750)

Lyn Parkyns (soprano)      Norman Parkyns (alto)
Deborah Behrman (cello)    Norman MacSween (harpsichord)

~  ~  ~  I N T E R V A L  ~  ~  ~

Dido & Aeneas  (Notes)

Henry  Purcell  (1659 – 1695)
350^th anniversary of his birth this year  

Opera  to a libretto by Nahum Tate.  First performed 1689

Conductor: Lyn Parkyns

Assistant conductor:  Alan Reddish

Continuo: Norman MacSween (Harpsichord)  Libby Wilde (Cello)

Singers

Dido 

Evelyn Bercott  

Aeneas 

Julian Zerfahs

Belinda  

Genevieve Usher

Second Woman 

Penelope Manser

Duet Act I 

Susanna Hogan & Penelope Manser

First Witch 

Susanna Hogan

Second Witch  

Vivien Price     

Sorceress 

Claire Edwards

Sailor  

Benjie del Rosario

Spirit 

Susanna Hogan

Chorus

Cathy Bird, Rachel Goodkin, Norman Parkyns, Jo Rodgers, Jenny Watkins
David Banbury, Brian Blandford, Alan Reddish, Michael Crowe, Christopher Reynolds, Richard Shaw, Peter Sowerby

Orchestral Players

Violin/Viola

Helen Brunner (leader), Rupert Bawden, Tim Miller*, Jane MacSween, Jeannie Okikiolu*, Irvine Simpson, Janet Smith

Cello

Libby Wilde, Deborah Behrman